Journal

Jour´nal

Whiles from their journal labors they did rest.

- Spenser.

(Bookkeeping) A diary; an account of daily transactions and events.

That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.

(Mach.) 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
(Mach.) the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.

Noun	1.	journal - a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations Synonyms: diary
	2.	journal - a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals"
	3.	journal - a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred Synonyms: daybook
	4.	journal - a record book as a physical object
	5.	journal - the part of the axle contained by a bearing

JOURNAL, mar. law. The book kept on board of a ship or other vessel, which contains an account of the ship's course, with a short history of every occurrence during the voyage. Another name for logbook. (q.v.) Chit. Law of Nat. 199.

JOURNAL, common law. A book used among merchants, in which the contents of the waste-book are separated every month, and entered on the debtor and creditor side, for more convenient posting in the ledger.

JOURNAL, legislation. An account of the proceedings of a legislative body.
     2. The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 5, directs that "each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings; and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy." Vide 2 Story, Const., 301.
     3. The constitutions of the several states contain similar provisions.
     4. The journal of either house is evidence of the action of that house upon all matters before it. 7 Cowen, R. 613 Cowp. 17.

To see or read a journal in your dream, suggests that you are trying to change or rewrite the past to suit your own needs. Consider what is written in the journal and how it is similar or dissimilar to actual events in your waking life. Alternatively, it symbolizes memories and history. To dream that someone is reading your journal, indicates that you are keeping secrets. You have difficulties telling others how you really feel.Clio, Domesday Book, Muse of history, account book, accounts payable ledger, accounts receivable ledger, address book, adventures, adversaria, album, almanac, annal, annals, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, autobiography, axle box, balance sheet, bank ledger, bankbook, bimonthly, biographical sketch, biography, biweekly, blankbook, blotter, books, calendar, card ledger, case history, cashbook, catalog, catalogue, check sheet, chronicles, chronology, classified catalog, clock card, commonplace book, confessions, cost card, cost ledger, cost sheet, court calendar, curriculum vitae, daily, date slip, datebook, daybook, desk calendar, diptych, docket, documentation, dossier, engagement book, ephemeris, experiences, factory ledger, fortnightly, fortunes, gazette, hagiography, hagiology, historiography, history, hotbox, inventory, journal box, ledger, legend, life, life and letters, life story, list, logbook, loose-leaf notebook, martyrology, memo book, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorandum book, memorial, memorials, memory book, minutes, monthly, necrology, newsletter, newsmagazine, notebook, obituary, organ, pad, paper, passbook, periodical, petty cashbook, photobiography, pictorial, pocket notebook, pocketbook, police blotter, profile, purchase ledger, quarterly, record, record book, register, registry, resume, review, roll, sales journal, sales ledger, scrapbook, scratch pad, serial, slick magazine, spiral notebook, stock ledger, stores ledger, story, suspense ledger, table, tablet, tabloid, theory of history, time book, time chart, time scale, time schedule, time sheet, time study, timecard, timetable, trade magazine, triptych, weekly, workbook, writing tablet, yearbook

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