A Middle English spelling of doomsday, n., day of judgement, now commonly used as a historical term. the name applied, from the 12th cent., to the…

Scottish. Any of various records or collections of records of a legal, parliamentary, or public nature. Also (in later use): spec. any of those…

a book of official records or reports bound in white; spec. (with capital initials) the book first published in England in 1882 as Annual Chancery Pra…

A book in which the records of a town are kept.

A register or record of christenings, esp. in a parish church.

= muster roll, n. Also: a census report (now historical).

A book containing formal records of the transactions of a society, court, etc.

= Domesday, n. Book.

(originally) a list of those admitted to Newgate prison in the preceding month; (later) any of a series of publications containing biographical…

A book in which a record is kept of the times or durations of particular events; esp. a book recording the time worked by employees at a particular…

A book in which a record is made each day of the paper needed by a printer. Obsolete.

a book in which visitors may write their names and addresses, and, sometimes, comments.

A book detailing the visitors or guests at a particular place or event; esp. a book in which a visitors to a domestic residence, a tourist…

= poison register n.

a register kept by a pharmacist of the names of people to whom poison has been made available.

(a) a diary recording the experiences of an individual during a war; (b) (see quot. 1918).

A register on which a person's arrival is recorded.