(n) (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt
(n) Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100), Syn.Joseph ben Matthias, Flavius Josephus
(n) a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses, Syn.Josue, Book of Joshua
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 ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Systems of movement, physical, intellectual, and moral, which are perpetually jostling each other. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
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