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Webster 1913 Edition
Journal
Jour′nal
,Adj.
Daily; diurnal.
[Obs.]
Whiles from their
journal
labors they did rest. Spenser.
1.
A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
Specifically:
(a)
(Bookkeeping)
A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
(b)
(Naut.)
A daily register of the ship’s course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
(c)
(Legislature)
The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
(d)
A newspaper published daily;
by extension
, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.; a periodical; a magazine.
2.
That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.
[Obs. & R.]
B. Jonson.
3.
(Mach.)
That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of
Axle box
. Journal box
, or
Journal bearing
(Mach.)
the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.
Webster 1828 Edition
Journal
JOURNAL
,Noun.
1.
A diary; an account of daily transactions and events; or the book containing such account.2.
Among merchants, a book in which every particular article or charge is fairly entered from the waste book or blotter.3.
In navigation, a daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, and other occurrences.4.
A paper published daily, or other newspaper; also, the title of a book or pamphlet published at stated times, containing an account of inventions, discoveries and improvements in arts and sciences; as the Journal de Savans; the Journal of Science.