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Originally Posted by HarryT
Now, without looking in the dictionary, do you know what a "ha-ha" is?
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Yes, but only because Terry Pratchett spoofed them as "ho-ho"s that claimed the lives of two gardeners in his Discworld books.
You've got me at "quintain", though I'd guess that it was some sort of landscaping area. Or a mutant 5-lobed plantain being served up for elevenses.
As for the OP's question, one thing I like about the Kindle's dictionary capabilities is the possibility to swap out and use other compatible dictionaries or even create your own in the Mobipocket format.
Quite likely one can do something similar with the Sonys, but I'd have no idea how and whether one is limited to commercially-supplied dictionaries or could roll one's own.
Hopefully one day the IDPF will see fit to create official dictionary and externally-kept annotations/bookmarks formats to accompany ePub and thereby help to standardize things across supporting readers.