Joûr'nal1, n.
(jûr'nal), n. [Fr. journal, Sp. & Pr. jornal, It. giornale, L. Lat. jornale, from Lat. diurnalis, diurnal, from diurnus, belonging to the day, from dies, a day. Cf. ADJOURN.]
Sense 1. A diary; an account of daily transactions and events; hence, specifically, (a.) (Com.) A book in which every particular article or charge is fairly entered under the date of each day; also, a book in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the transactions of each month. (b.) (Naut.) A daily register of the ship’s course and distance, the winds, weather, and other occurrences. (c.) A paper published daily; hence, also, a periodical publication, whether sheet or book, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, and the like; a periodical; a magazine.
Sense 2. That which has occurred in a day; a day’s work or travel; a journey. [Obs. and rare.]
In all thy age of journals thou hast took, Sawest thou that pair became these rites so well? B. Jonson.
Sense 3. (Mach.) The short, cylindrical portion of a shaft or other revolving piece, which turns in some other piece, or in a support called a journal-box; a bearing.