In the 1840s and 1850s, the Supreme Court began addressing these impositions on statesâ rights. In Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842), the court struck down a Pennsylvania law preventing the transportation of any ânegro or mullatoâ for the purposes of returning the person to slaveryâbecause federal law superseded state law.
The dumbbell, a type of free weight, is a piece of equipment used in weight training. It can be used individually or in pairs, with one in each hand.
dumb down, to reduce the intellectual or developmental level of: to dumb down a textbook. [before 1000; Old English; c. Old High German tump, Old Norse dumbr] dumbâ²ly, adv.