JOURNAL

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Daily; diurnal. [Obs.] Whiles from their journal labors they did rest. Spenser.

2.
n.

A diary; an account of daily transactions and events. Specifically:

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey. [Obs. & R.] B. Jonson.

5.
n.

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.


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