\Joss\, n. [Chinese, corrupt. fr. Pg. deos God, L. deus.]
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.