dial. [Of uncertain formation; the second element is KERNEL sb.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. sb. 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.’
