in a general sense, denotes an agitation of the air, whether performed with a pair of bellows, the mouth, a tube, or the like.

Blowing of glass, one of the methods of forming the divers kinds of works in the glass-manufacture. See Glass.

It is performed by dipping the point of an iron blowing-pipe in the melted glass, and blowing through it with the mouth, according to the circumstances of the glass to be blown.

Blowing of tin denotes the melting its ore, after being first burnt to destroy the mundic.

Blowing, among gardeners, the same with the blossoming of plants, or putting forth their flower-leaves.

BLUBBER denotes the fat of whales and other large sea-animals, whereof is made train-oil.