comb
noun
a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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I am combing, and curling, and kissing this lock all day, and dreaming on't all night.
From The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 by Edward Abbott Parry