#archaic terminology

• Agarics — A popular and archaic scientific name used to designate mushrooms of the genus Agaricus or, in a broad sense, various gilled mushrooms of the order Agaricales. Structurally, the term refers to terrestrial macromycetes whose fruiting bodies feature a lamellar hymenophore, forming a historical pillar in the early classification of the Fungi kingdom.
• Raise — A regional phonetic variant or archaic form for the verb 'a ridica' (to lift/raise); the action of moving an object from bottom to top, setting it upright, building a structure from foundations, or elevating a physical or spiritual barrier. In an ethnographic-structural sense, the term is preserved in the dialects of certain rural areas, frequently used in old ballads, incantations, or during field labor for gathering harvest.
• Midwived — Having been delivered or cared for at birth by a traditional village midwife (băbiță); in a figurative or dialectal sense, it can describe someone who is pampered, coddled, or habituated to old-fashioned, elder-like customs. The term originates from archaic rural life, describing the ritualistic or practical action performed by the elderly woman assisting childbirth.