Noah Webster
Shrimp
SHRIMP, verb transitive To contract. [Not in use.]
SHRIMP, noun [supra.]
1. A crustaceous animal of the genus Cancer. It has long slender feelers, claws with a single, hooked fang, and three pair of legs. It is esteemed delicious food.
2. A little wrinkled man; a dwarf; in contempt.