Jo"rum (?), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. jorden an earthen pot.] A large
drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.] Forby.
Jo"seph (?), n. An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a
woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front. Fairholt.
Jo"seph's flow"er (?). (Bot.) A composite herb (Tragopogon pratensis),
of the same genus as the salsify.
Jo"so (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small gudgeon.
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.
Jos"sa (?), interj. A command to a horse, probably meaning "stand
still." [Obs.] Chaucer.
Jos"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jostled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Jostling
(?).] [A dim. of joust, just, v. See Joust, and cf. Justle.] [Written
also justle.] To run against and shake; to push out of the way; to
elbow; to hustle; to disturb by crowding; to crowd against. "Bullies
jostled him." Macaulay.
Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are
perpetually jostling each other.