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The meaning of this is a horn spoon. In olden times these were of native manufacture. They were often termed gaeppies on account of their size, which required the mouth to be widely opened.

This is a perfect description of a Shetland spinning wheel. The “guts” referred to the wheel-band, which was made of the intestines of sheep, and was called term.