different between cantlet vs scantlet

English

Diminutive of cantle with -et or -let.

cantlet (plural cantlets)

A piece; a fragment; a corner.
- Nor shield nor armour can their force oppose; Huge cantlets of his buckler strew the groun

Old French eschantelet (“corner”).

scantlet (plural scantlets)

(obsolete) A small pattern; a small quantity.
- 1676, Matthew Hale, Contemplations, Moral and Divine
  that which was truly good, in the whole course of his life, were a pitiful, slender scantlet, and would be infinitely outweighed by his sins, omissions and defects

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