Sentence:  "'Wouldn't hev your conscience fer a thousand quintal," said Dan. "Turn in, Penn. You've no call to do boy's work. Draw a bucket, Harvey. Oh, Penn, dump these in the <WSD>gurry-butt</WSD> 'fore you sleep. Kin you keep awake that long?"¶  Penn took up the heavy basket of fish-livers, emptied them into a cask with a hinged top lashed by the foc'sle; then he too dropped out of sight in the cabin. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A large cask used for holding fish offal.