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<h1>Jounce</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jounce</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A <i>jolt</i>; a shake; a hard trot.</def>

<h1>Journal</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jour"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>diurnalis</ets> diurnal, fr. <ets>diurnus</ets> belonging to the day, fr. <ets>dies</ets> day. See <er>Diurnal</er>.]</ety> <def>Daily; diurnal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Whiles from their <b>journal</b> labors they did rest. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Journal</h1> <Xpage=802>

<hw>Jour"nal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>journal</ets>. See <er>Journal</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A diary; an account of daily transactions and events</def>. Specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bookkeeping)</fld> <def>A book of accounts, in which is entered a condensed and grouped statement of the daily transactions.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A daily register of the ship's course and distance, the winds, weather, incidents of the voyage, etc.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Legislature)</fld> <def>The record of daily proceedings, kept by the clerk</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A newspaper published daily; by extension, a weekly newspaper or any periodical publication, giving an account of passing events, the proceedings and memoirs of societies, etc.</def> ; a periodical; a magazine.

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which has occurred in a day; a day's work or travel; a day's journey.</def> <mark>[Obs. & <er>R</er>.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>That portion of a rotating piece, as a shaft, axle, spindle, etc., which turns in a bearing or box. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Axle box</er>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Journal box</col>, &or; <col>Journal bearing</col></mcol> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <cd>the carrier of a journal; the box in which the journal of a shaft, axle, or pin turns.</cd></cs>

<h1>Journalism</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jour"nal*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>journalisme</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The keeping of a journal or diary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The periodical collection and publication of current news; the business of managing, editing, or writing for, journals or newspapers; <as>as, political <ex>journalism</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Journalism</b> is now truly an estate of the realm. <i>Ed. Rev.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Journalist</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jour"nal*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>journaliste</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who keeps a journal or diary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Mickle.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The conductor of a public journal, or one whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Journalistic</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jour"nal*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to journals or to journalists; contained in, or characteristic of, the public journals; as <i>journalistic</i> literature or enterprise.</def>

<h1>Journalize</h1> <Xpage=803>

<hw>Jour"nal*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Journalized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Journalizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To enter or record in a journal or diary.</def>

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