knot
noun
an interlacing, twining, looping, etc., of a cord, rope, or the like, drawn tight into a knob or lump, for fastening, binding, or connecting two cords together or a cord to something else.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Beyond the shadow of any doubt, at this present moment, a hundred thousand farmers are knotting their brows over its spread pages ere they tap out their final pipe and go to bed.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London