Journal
Journal , adjective
[French, from Latin diurnalis diurnal, from diurnus belonging to the day, from dies day. See Diurnal.]
Daily; diurnal. [Obsolete]
Whiles from their journal labors they did rest.
Journal , noun
[French journal. See Journal, a.]
1.
(Bookkeeping) A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.
(a)
(Bookkeeping) A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.
(b)
(Bookkeeping) A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.
(c)
(Bookkeeping) The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk.
(d)
(Bookkeeping) A newspaper published daily;
(Bookkeeping) 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. [Obsolete & Rare] — B. Jonson
3.
(Machinery) That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See Illust. of Axle box.
Collocations (1)
Journal box or Journal bearing (Machinery) , the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.