Pronunciation : Joss
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.]
Definition : Defn: A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars and josses." Colman (1761). Joss house, a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship. -- Joss stick, a reed covered with a paste made of the dust of odoriferous woods, or a cylinder made wholly of the paste; -- burned by the Chinese before an idol.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913