Jour"nal (?), a. [F., fr. L. diurnalis diurnal, fr. diurnus belonging to the day, fr. dies day. See Diurnal.]
Daily; diurnal.
[Obs.]
Whiles from their journal labors they did rest.
Spenser.
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Jour"nal, n. [F. journal. See Journal, a.]
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, ∨ Journal bearing Mach. the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.
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