scantlet means A small pattern or quantity. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 73 out of 100.
noun
- A small pattern or quantity.“[T]he beſt of mankind vvould ſoon find that that vvhich was truly good, in the whole courſe of his life, vvere a pitiful, ſlender ſcantlet, and vvould be infinitely out-vveighed by his ſins, omiſſions, and defects; […]”