(1):
(n.) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
(2):
(n.) A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
(3):
(v. t.) To write a parody upon; to burlesque.