Joss \Joss\ (j[o^]s), n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L.
   deus.]
   A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. "Critic in jars
   and josses." --Colman (1761).
   [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]

	

	joss
    n 1: a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol

	

	JOSS
       JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (OS, JOHNNIAC)

	

	JOSS
       Joint Object Services Submission

	

	JOSS

   JOHNNIAC Open Shop System.