joss

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

JOHNNIAC Open Shop System JOSS

<language> (JOSS) An early, simple, interactive calculator language developed by Charles L. Baker at Rand in 1964. There were two versions: JOSS I and JOSS II. [Connection with Johnniac?]

["JOSS Users' Reference Manual", R.L. Clark, Report F-1535/9, RAND Corp (Jan 1975)].

[Sammet 1969, pp. 217-226].

(2004-07-11)

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