"gurry-butt" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1796, William Marshall, “Agriculture”, in The Rural Economy of the West of England, volume 1 (\"West Devonshire\"), page 121:",
          "text": "The \"GURRY-BUTT,\" or DUNG-SLEDGE, of Devonshire, is a sort of sliding cart, or barrow; usually of a size proper to be drawn by one horse: sometimes it is made larger; I have seen four oxen drawing compost upon a fallow, in one of these little Implements; which might, anywhere, be made useful, on many occasions; especially in moving earth, stone, rubbish, or manure, a small distance. The sides and ends are about eighteen inches high, and are fixed; the load being discharged by overturning the carriage.",
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          "ref": "1817, Charles Sandoe Gilbert, An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, page 352:",
          "text": "The gurry-butt is similar to the slide-butt, next described, except that it has two wheels, nearly at its farther end, and an iron staple beneath its upper end, on a level with the wheels.",
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          "text": "All farm carriage was by pack-horse, except that oxen were sometimes yoked to harvest or dung-sledges ('gurry-buts').",
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          "text": "\"'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 gurry-butt '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.",
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