Spoon.
1. (Household.) A household implement having a shallow bowl on the end of a handle. [2288] Ancient Egyptian spoons were made shell-shaped, of glass, stone, marble, wood, shell, and ivory. They were handsomely carved. A number are in the Abbott Collection, New York, brought from a tomb at Abouseer (1430 B. C.), Sakkarah, and elsewhere. The spoons (Fig. 5470, a b c d e) are from the collections of Wilkinson, Burton, and Salt. The three on the left are of bronze; the next is of wood, and the right-hand one is of ivory. Others (fg) are in the form of dippers or ladles, and resemble the Roman simpulum. They were usually of bronze, and frequently gilt. The length of the one represented at f is 18 inches; the cup is 3 inches deep, 2 1/2 inches in diameter. Some of the handles are hinged, others have sliding collars.
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2. (Cotton-manufacture.) A weighted and gravitating arm in the stop-motion of a drawing-machine, which is kept in position by the tension of the sliver, and falls when the sliver breaks or the can is emptied, and thereby arrests the motion of the machine.
