Journal

(jur'ndl.) [Fr., from It. giornale.] (Com.) A book in which are entered the daily transactions of mercantile busine , and from which the ledger is posted, in conjunction with the cash-book; -hence, any diary or record of daily events.-(Lit.) A general term applied to a newspaper, or other periodical publication; also, the narrative of the proceedings of any learned society.-(Nav.) Same as Loa, q. v.-(Mach.) That bearing of a shaft which is subject to torsion;-hence, the journal-box is a box, in two or more parts, which the journals of a pin, shaft, or axle sustain and give motion to. [s. 507]