waxen-kernel dial.
[Of uncertain formation; the second element is kernel n.1
Variants are waxen-churnel, -crindle, -crundle, -curl, waxing-kernel, -churnel, -curl, waxy-kernel: see Eng. Dial. Dict. It is doubtful whether the first element was originally waxen a., waxen ppl. a., or waxing vbl. n. or ppl. a.]
= wax-kernel.
| 1500 Stanbridge Vocabula (1510) A ij b, In plurali he glandille, for waxen kyrnels. 1825 Jamieson, Waxen-kernel. 1866 S. Thomson Dict. Dom. Med. 8/1 Popularly, these enlarged glands go by the name of ‘waxen kernels’. |