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joss stick
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Joss stick
(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.
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joss stick
(wn) | joss stick
n 1: a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the
Chinese |
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Joss stick
(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] |
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