Joss n. A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol. “Critic in jars and josses.”
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.
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joss stick
n : a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the
Chinese