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Webster 1913 Edition
Daybook
Day′bookˊ
(dā′boŏkˊ)
, Noun.
A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.
Webster 1828 Edition
Daybook
DA'YBOOK
,Noun.
DA'YBREAK, n. The dawn or first appearance of light in the morning.
DA'YCOAL, n. A name given by miners to the upper stratum of coal.
DA'YDREAM, n. A vision to the waking senses.
DA'YFLOWER, n. A genus of plants, the Commelina.
DA'YFLY, n. A genus of insects that live one day only, or a very short time called Ephemera. The species are numerous, some of which live scarcely an hour, others, several days.
DA'YLABOR, n. Labor hired or performed by the day.
DAYLABORER, n. One who works by the day.
DAY'LIGHT, n. The light of the day; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or of a lamp or candle.
DA'YLILY, n. The same with asphodel. A species of Hemerocallis.
DA'YLY, a. The more regular orthography of daily.
DA'YSMAN, n. An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
Definition 2024
daybook
daybook
English
Noun
daybook (plural daybooks)
- A daily chronicle; a diary.
- 1992, Cinthia Gannett, Gender and the journal: diaries and academic discourse:
- It was a working document, a sort of lab notebook, and since I have called it a daybook, it has become the most valuable resource I have It takes me about six weeks to fill a daybook, and when I'm finished with one I go back through it and pick out anything that I need to work on in the next book.
- 2001, Janice Elsheimer, The Creative Call: An Artist's Response to the Way of the Spirit:
- I try to get up thirty minutes before anyone else in my house in order to have my daybook writing time.
- 2001, Vicki Spandel, Ruth G. Nathan, Laura Robb, Daybook of critical reading and writing:
- Why is it called a Daybook? A Daybook traditionally is "a book in which daily transactions are recorded," but nowadays it is being used to mean "a journal."
- 2003, Jim Burke, The Teacher's Daybook 2003–2004:
- This is how I use my Daybook: I sit down on Sunday and think about the week ahead. I begin by identifying the major ... When I get home on Monday, I revisit my Daybook, consider what happened that day and what I want to happen the rest [...]
- 1992, Cinthia Gannett, Gender and the journal: diaries and academic discourse:
- (bookkeeping) A ledger; an accounting journal.
- 1920, George Edward Bennett, Accounting: principles and practice:
- Since these memoranda were marked down from day to day and the entries followed one another day by day, this first book of accounts was called a "daybook."
- 1920, George Edward Bennett, Accounting: principles and practice:
- (nautical) A logbook.