"shiver my timbers" meaning in English

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          "text": "I was informed I ſhould meet my dear Anna ſomewhere in theſe woods: I have been ſteering all points of the compaſs, but in vain. However, after having given chaſe to an enemy, ſhall I tamely haul my wind when my miſtreſs is in view? No;—ſhiver my timbers if I do. The man who meanly deſerts his King or his miſtreſs, deſerves to be ſhot for a traitor to both!",
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          "text": "I weighed anchor inſtantly, and bore up right a-head to Dynevawr-houſe as faſt as my wooden leg would carry me. […] Shiver my timbers! what do you think I found 'em at? Split my wind if there was not a gang, with Mrs. Martha at the head, working away at the temple which was built for us to take our grog in.",
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          "text": "\"The score!\" he burst out. \"Three goes o' rum! Why, shiver my timbers, if I hadn't forgotten my score!\" And, falling on a bench, he laughed until the tears ran down his cheeks.",
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          "word": "shiver my sides"
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          "word": "u sta hromů"
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