A newborn Easter chick breaks open its shell to do me on its birthday, yet sailors batten me down when gale-force waves threaten the deck. What word am I?
Hatch
To 'hatch' is to emerge from an egg, while a 'hatch' is also a nautical opening or door on a ship.
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