From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishjoss stickjoss stick /ˈdʒɒs ˌstɪk $ ˈdʒɑːs-/ noun [countable] 
DRa stick of incense
DRa stick of incenseExamples from the Corpus
joss stick• She lit a joss stick, waved it about and set it down in an ashtray.Origin joss stick (1800-1900) joss “Chinese figure of a god, luck” ((18-20 centuries)), from Pidgin English, from Portuguese deus “god” 