Green’s Dictionary of Slang

blow in a bowl v.

[synon. with 20C+ hit v. (3b)]

to be a habitual drunkard.

[UK]Blowbol’s Test. in Halliwell Nugæ Poeticae 1: And afterward their toke hym many a throw / Of good ale bolys that he had i-blowe .
[Scot]A. Barclay Eglogues Aiv: To blowe in a bowle, and for to pill a platter.