daybook

[Eng. day, and book.] 1. Lit .: A book in which a merchant enters all the transactions of each day, and from which they are afterward posted into the ledger, . 2. Fig.: The "books" which will be opened at the day of judgment. "The other keeps his dreadful day - book open Till sunset, that we may repent Long fellow: The Golden Legend, vi. dāy-break, 8. [Eng. day , and break .] The dawn, the first appearance of day. "As men for daybreak watch the Eastern skies."