Journal

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Daily; diurnal.

II. Journal ·adj The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.

III. Journal ·adj A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.

IV. Journal ·adj That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.

V. Journal ·adj A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.

VI. Journal ·adj A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, ·etc.

VII. Journal ·adj That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, ·etc., which turns in a bearing or box. ·see ·Illust. of Axle box.

VIII. Journal ·adj 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.

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