JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med.

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• LAT

Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to

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• DIES, CHRISTOPH ALBERT (1755-1822)

dies,

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• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day)  , properly that which occupies a day in its performance, and so a day's work, particularly a day's travel, and the distance covered by such, usually reckoned in the middle ages as twenty miles . The word is now used of travel covering a certain amount of distance or lasting a certain amount of time, frequently defined by qualifying words . " Journey " is usually applied to travel by land, as opposed to " voyage," travel by sea . The early use of journey " for a day's work, or the amount produced by a day's work, is still found in glassmaking, and also at the British Mint, where a " journey " is taken as equivalent to the coinage of 15 lb of standard gold, 701 sovereigns, and of 6o lb of silver . The term " journeyman " also preserves the original significance of the word . It distinguishes a qualified workman or mechanic from an " apprentice " on the one hand and a " master " on the other, and is applied to one who is employed by another person to work at his trade or occupation at a day's wage .