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A journalist. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive. -- Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive. -- Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it th…

n eccentric axis used to give variable rotation. -- Eccentric hook or gab, a hook-shaped journal box on the end of an eccentric rod, opposite the strap. -- Eccentric rod, the rod that connects as eccentric strap with any part to be acted upon by the eccentric. -- Eccentric sheave, or Eccentric pulley, an eccentric.…

A diary; a journal. Johnson.

One who keeps an ephemeris; a journalist.

The inclination forward of the axle journals to keep the wheels from working outward.

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices.

n of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal.

A frame or support for holding something in place, as journal boxes, etc.

To intercommunicate; to interjoin. The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey.

the sixteenth and seventeenth joint rules be suspended for the remainder of the session." Journal H. of R., U. S. -- Joint and several (Law), a phrase signifying that the debt, credit, obligation, etc., to which it is applied is held in such a way that the parties in interest are engaged both together and individually…

To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.

e final book of record in business transactions, in which all debits and credits from the journal, etc., are placed under appropriate heads. [Written also leger.]

of something deemed noteworthy; an essay; a record of investigations of any subject; the journals and proceedings of a society.

hed in a gate. Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Forney.

n in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.

A record of what passes in the night; a nightly journal; -- distinguished from diary. [R.] Addison.

States has notified the House of Representatives that he has approved and signed the act. Journal of the Senate, U. S.

A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.

One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. Thackeray.