n.1 a newspaper or periodical.
2 a daily record of events.
3 Naut. a logbook.
4 a book in which business transactions are entered, with a statement of the accounts to which each is to be debited and credited.
5 the part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
6 (the Journals) Parl. a record of daily proceedings.
Etymology: ME f. OF jurnal f. LL diurnalis DIURNAL