joss : Idioms & Phrases


Joss house

  • noun a Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship
WordNet
  • a Chinese temple or house for the Chinese mode of worship.
Webster 1913

Joss stick

  • noun a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese
WordNet
  • 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.
Webster 1913