Bible Dictionaries
Velar

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Having the place of articulation on the soft palate; guttural; as, the velar consonants, such as k and hard q.

(2):

(a.) Of or pertaining to a velum; esp. (Anat.) of or pertaining to the soft palate.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Velar'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​v/velar.html. 1828.