Meacham's CJ in Oregon 1870

[Aron Faegre]

> > But it is very
> > interesting that kinnikinnik refers really to the *mixing* of things, rather than
> > to a specific *thing*.
>
> Aren't there examples in candy and nuts and stuff where one component
> has become the generic name for the whole; or rather one component has
> come to be known by the name applied to the whole, the mix, as in this
> case?

But there still is not *one whole, the mix* which is the same each time.  The pipe
smoking was probably foremost an important act between people, so that the substance used
retains a verb name and not a noun name, as appropriate.  I'm intrigued to find verbs
which describe things because it may be saying something very powerful about life.  I
work mostly on *buildings* which people generally think of as things, but become much
more interesting and useful if they are designed and built as verbs!