(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.