Blowing, an agitation of the air by means of a pair of bellows, the mouth, etc. Butchers have a very pernicious custom of blowing meat, to deceive the buyer. The sudden change of veal and lamb in particular may, in some degree, be attributed to this cause. It is also a common practice to blow poultry, and all sorts of fish, except those of the shell kind. The method of blowing fish, especially cod and whiting, is, by placing the end of a quill, or a tobacco-pipe, at the vent, and making a hole with a pin under the fin which is next the gill; consequently the fish appears large and full, but when dressed will be flabby, and little else but skin and bones. By placing the thumb on each side of the vent, and pressing it hard, the air may be perceived to escape and this imposition be detected.

As the venders of provisions, who are guilty of such disgusting 1 tices, may at the same time be infected with the most loathsome dis-eases, the articles thus polluted should he rejected as being unfit for consumption. Indeed, the pernicious tendency of blowing meat is obvious, and ought therefore to be discouraged by every class of purchasers, while it claims the rious and vigorous interference of the public magistrate.

Blowing, in botany, is the gradual and perfect expansion of flowers. :

Blowing of Glass, is performed by dipping the end of an iron blowpipe into melted glass, and blowing into it. See Glass.