different between scantlet vs scantles

English

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

scantles

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